Chapter 206 (Vinegar)
The crown prince succeeded in less than four months, which has never happened before. There was chaos in the court, and it didn't calm down until half a year later. Since then, the Queen Mother has been under the curtain of government, with Quan Huan Shen Mushen assisted by the side, and the court situation has gradually stabilized.
In the blink of an eye, it was three years, and it was Mid-Autumn Festival again. Shen Mushen was thirty years old.
"I have given away what I should have given in previous years. I really don't know what to give this year. Why don't I give it to you?" Gu Chaochao joked.
Shen Mu smiled deeply, raised his arms lightly and embraced her: "You are mine."
"Well, how about that, I really didn't prepare a present for you." Gu Chaochao clicked his tongue.
Shen Mu let go of her deeply and looked at her quietly. After confirming that what she said was true, she changed her mind after a moment of silence: "Then give you to me."
"But you didn't say that, I was Is it yours?" Gu Chaochao tilted his head.
"It's different."
"What's the difference?" Gu Chaochao was curious.
Shen Mu stared at her for a long while, then leaned over and said something in her ear, causing her cheeks to instantly turn red.
"So, you still need your cooperation." He said solemnly.
Gu Chaochao beat him: "Shen Mushen, you really have learned badly."
"Then do you dare to send it?" When Shen Mushen asked, there was a little provocation in his eyes.
Gu Chaochao squinted his eyes: "Why don't you dare?"
Shen Mushen stopped talking, picked her up and walked into the room. Before entering the door, he glanced at the palace servant next to him: "Be optimistic about the emperor, don't ask him to rush in."
"Yes." The palace servant agreed quickly and closed the door from the outside after they entered the room. "As for." Shen Mushen went to untie her belt with a stern face. The last time the little emperor broke in by mistake, he was doing things with her on the bed. When he heard the children vaguely ask them what they were doing through the screen, he suddenly became nervous and almost tired, which made Gu Chaochao laugh for three months. Naturally, he has to take precautions.
Gu Chaochao leaned against Shen Mushen's chest and laughed non-stop, until he was put on the bed, and then he asked incredulously, "He just broke in by mistake once, and it happened half a year ago, so what?"
Gu Chaochao still wanted to laugh when he remembered it now, but as he made a deep head, the words of ridicule suddenly choked in his throat, unable to swallow or spit out, he took a deep breath after a while: "Shen Mushen...you take the opportunity to take revenge! "
My lord just agreed to it in person, and it's up to our family." His voice was clear and clear.
Gu Chaochao forgot to breathe for a while, and only after meeting his gloomy eyes did he react, pulling on his collar and kissing him. Shen Mushen liked her initiative the most. It was like gunpowder ignited by sparks, and it exploded incessantly until Gu Chaochao burst into white light before he could barely stop.
After messing around for most of the day, it finally stopped. Gu Chaochao leaned on his chest, listened to his still rapid heartbeat, and said slowly: "The emperor is almost three years old now, it's time to open the door."
"Have you chosen someone?" After being together for so many years, there has already been a tacit understanding, Gu Chaochao need not say more, Shen Mushen knows, "Could it be that handsome tanhualang?"
Gu Chaochao's eyes flashed a little. With a smile: "Why is this so sour?"
"Naturally, it's because the Empress Dowager couldn't take her eyes away from her a few days ago." Shen Mu deeply remembered that scene, and she felt a little uncomfortable.
Gu Chaochao looked up at him: "The champion should choose the most talented, and the second flower should choose the most handsome, this has always been the rule, in order to choose the best looking, I naturally have to look more, Shen Zhangyin is jealous , it really doesn't make sense."
"Do you need to stare for so long?" Shen Mushen asked back.
Gu Chaochao snorted softly: "Do you want to compare more?"
Shen Mu gave her a deep slanted glance, not sure if she believed it or not, but continued to talk about business: "The emperor's enlightenment is a major event, in order to convince the public, it is better to choose the champion than the third flower."
"No. I don't want the emperor to be taught by him to be a little old man in the future." Gu Chaochao rejected without thinking.
Shen Mushen disagreed: "It's not bad to be old."
"I still think Tanhua is good. At a young age, he has a flexible mind and a good temperament. It is perfect for the emperor to open a door." Gu Chaochao insisted on his opinion.
Shen Mu raised his eyebrows deeply: "How do you know that he has a good temperament?"
"A person who looks good can have a bad heart." Gu Chaochao said casually.
Shen Mu's face was expressionless: "You really liked his face."
... She really just said it casually. Gu Chaochao raised his head speechlessly, and when he met his dark eyes, he knew that he could not escape today.
Sure enough, someone didn't feel tired like clockwork, and tried her best to tell her the price of looking at other men. Before Gu Chaochao fell asleep, he was just glad that he had cancelled the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet last year, so that he wouldn't be ashamed at night.
She slept from the afternoon until noon the next day, occasionally being woken up to take a sip of water, and quickly fell asleep again. Someone probably knew that she was tossing hard, and she sat in the saddle and waited, not daring to disturb her sleep at all.
Gu Chaochao slept for a long time, and the dream seemed to return to the past several worlds. Although she clearly knew it was a dream, the love and hatred she experienced was so intense that it didn't seem to be fake. It was as if a piece of her heart had been gouged out, and the pain made her curl up all over her body.
"Chaochao, Chaochao..."
The call in the dream gradually became real, Gu Chaochao reluctantly opened his eyes, but the tears blurred his eyes, and it took a while to focus on Shen Mushen's face.
"Have you had a nightmare?" he asked in a low voice.
Gu Chaochao blinked, tears streaming down the corner of his eyes instantly, and his vision became completely clear.
"I... did have a dream." She recalled the dream, but the heart-piercing emotion was gone.
Shen Mushen looked at her helplessly: "You've been calling my name."
Gu Chaochao suddenly felt guilty and grabbed his hand with a dry smile: "You can sleep for a while too."
"I still have something to do, you sleep Well, I'll wait for you to fall asleep before leaving." Shen Mu said in a low voice.
Gu Chaochao sighed, closed his eyes and said vaguely, "I asked you to move in with me a long time ago, but why didn't you listen."
"It's not time yet." Shen Mushen replied warmly.
God knows how excited he was when she brought this up, but unfortunately now that once he lives in one place, he will be criticized by those outside. Although he is not afraid of them talking nonsense, he can't bear Gu Chaochao's unbearable appearance in the public, so he prefers to live every day. After the time, he left, and he refused to live in the Chenshi Palace.
Let's wait for a while, and when you are worry-free , he will move in and live with her for a long time.
Gu Chaochao pulled the corner of his lips and ignored it, and soon fell asleep again.
Shen Mushen was sure that she was asleep, so she quietly left.
When Gu Chaochao woke up again, it was already evening. When she woke up, Shen Mushen was not by her side. She sighed softly and looked at the palace servant who was serving next to her: "Can Zhangyin mention the emperor's enlightenment today?"
"Go back to what the Empress Dowager said, I mentioned it." The palace servant replied respectfully.
Gu Chaochao glanced at him: "Who is the appointed person?" The
palace servant reported a name, and Gu Chaochao smiled.
This year's Tanhua Lang.
After a simple ceremony, the little emperor officially began to read. Tanhua Lang, as the Taifu, frequently entered and exited the palace every day. Gu Chaochao had more contact with him, and he appreciated this young man more and more. He often chatted with him when reading with the emperor.
Tanhualang is a clever man. He knows who is in charge of the imperial court today. After hearing that she likes to make cakes, he searched for a lot of cake recipes from outside.
Gu Chaochao really enjoyed it, and he wanted to try it after taking the recipe, and Tanhua Lang was also very interested: "The Empress Dowager, can the ministers be together?"
Right now the emperor has just left school, and he is not negligent in his duties.
"The gentleman is far away from the kitchen." Gu Chaochao glanced at him.
Tanhua Lang smiled: "Wei Chen came from a humble background. When he was a child, his parents went out to work, and Wei Chen cooked three meals a day. If he was far away from the kitchen, he would have starved to death long ago."
Gu Chaochao gave him a thoughtful look: "You know how to cook?"
"You know a thing or two, but you haven't made pastries, but you can do it if you want." Tanhua Lang replied.
Gu Chaochao didn't say more after hearing the words, and led him directly into the kitchen.
When Shen Mushen came back, he saw that the little emperor was playing in the garden accompanied by the palace servants, but Gu Chaochao was not seen by himself.
"Where's the Empress Dowager?" he asked.
The palace servant with the little emperor looked embarrassed.
Shen Mu frowned deeply, and immediately entered the yard, but before she could find her figure, she heard Tanhua Lang's eloquent voice. Shen Mushen's face darkened for a moment, and he walked over to the voice with no expression on his face.
"See the Empress Dowager." He interrupted directly.
"Lord Palmyra." For some reason, Tanhua Lang was always terrified of him, and when he saw him coming back, he lost his smile.
This look fell into Shen Mu's deep eyes, and it became a guilty conscience.
Gu Chaochao was calm, saw him smile and said, "Bengong has just made a cake, do you want to try the palm print?"
"The slave is bitter and can't eat sweet." Shen Mushen replied lightly.
... Why can't you eat sweet food after hard work? Shouldn't you eat more sweet tonic? Gu Chaochao glanced at him suspiciously, but because Tanhua Lang was still there, he did not pursue further questions. After chatting for a while, he let Tanhua Lang withdraw.
As soon as the outsiders left, Shen Mushen's sourness was unwilling to hide: "The Empress Dowager is accompanied by a beautiful man, so she would be very happy today, right?"
"I just said that your expression was wrong, and you were jealous when you co-authored it," Gu Chaochao Xie said. Glancing at him, "When can you correct your problem? I'm the queen mother now, and I spend a lot of time with the former court officials. You can't eat everyone's jealousy, right?"
"There are hundreds of former court officials, But the slaves only heard that the goddess praised this person." Shen Mu snorted softly.
Gu Chaochao laughed: "Okay, I'm just complimenting, do you still take it seriously? He is now the emperor's grandfather, the court's tanhualang, and a student who has studied hard all the way without a background. I have a closer relationship with him. It's also for our future consideration, don't you not know?"
She wanted to support a new force without the interference of the royal family from a long time ago, and now this Tanhua Lang is obviously one of the best candidates, Shen Mu Shen should know what she is doing.
Sure enough, Shen Mushen did not refute her words, but held on to something else: "But I don't want you to get too close to him."
Gu Chaochao laughed: "Why are you still like a child.
" What I don't like is that she treats herself as a child, even if it's just a joke, it can make him feel bad in an instant, but he used to endure it. Today, seeing her joking with other men, now she is so perfunctory. Unwilling to bear it any longer, he turned and left with a dark face.
Gu Chaochao was stunned for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he had already walked to the gate of the courtyard, and she immediately became unhappy: "If If you leave, you don't have to step on the door of my Chenshi Palace in the future."
Shen Mushen's footsteps froze as he stepped out, but for a long time he still strode out.
Gu Chaochao sneered: "Come here, close the door!" The
palace people were in a dilemma, but they hurried forward and closed the door.
The door was slowly closed, and Shen Mushen, who had already walked outside the door, turned back with a stern face, but she could only see her walking into the room through the crack of the door.
boom.
The door was completely closed, and he couldn't even see the crack.
The sky was getting dark soon, the sky was still clear during the day, and it suddenly started to rain at night.
Gu Chaochao wanted to hang someone for a while, but when he saw the rain, he couldn't sit still. He immediately walked out of the house and asked someone to open the door.
The door opened, and someone was still standing outside, the red robe crocheted with gold thread was already soaked by the rain at this moment.
Gu Chaochao subconsciously wanted to run towards him, but he held back at the critical moment, and called out with a stern face, "Don't come in yet?"
Shen Mu pursed her lips, and raised her heels when she turned back to the house.
After entering the room, Gu Chaochao poured him a cup of hot tea, Shen Mushen finished it in silence, and put the cup on the table.
"Do you know what's wrong?" she asked, planning to teach him a lesson after he nodded, telling him to make the situation bigger in the future, and to let him know how important he is to her, don't be jealous at every turn .
Shen Mushen looked at her deeply: "You know how to bully me."
Gu Chaochao's heart softened instantly, and his words had no confidence: "Why did I bully you?"
Shen Mushen didn't say a word, just quietly look at her.
Gu Chaochao was speechless for a long time, and finally had to admit that he knew as much about himself as she did about him. She thought she could easily hold him, but she didn't know that she could easily be held by him.
"...Come here." She admitted defeat.
Shen Mu pursed her lips and walked obediently in front of her.
"I have absolutely no bad thoughts about Tanhualang. Everything I do now is only for our future stability." She is a concubine, he is an eunuch, and the emperor is not her own. The power of the two seems to be extremely powerful. They are big, but they are like floating plants on the sea without roots and no source, and a little wind and waves can destroy them, so she is impatient and wants to cultivate more powers of her own.
Shen Mushen actually knew it all, but she was over thirty and had seen all kinds of wind and waves, but she was like a hairy boy, and she was reckless at every turn.
Seeing that he still didn't speak, Gu Chaochao said after thinking for a while: "If you really don't like it, you won't let him enter the palace from tomorrow."
Shen Mushen was slightly taken aback.
"Your mood is the most important thing here." Gu Chaochao looked sincere.
Shen Mu looked at her with deep determination, and her ears suddenly turned red: "Actually... he is indeed suitable to be a Taifu."
Gu Chaochao raised his eyebrows.
"...Let's keep him, you're right, I shouldn't be impatient." Shen Mu sighed deeply and compromised.
Gu Chaochao held back his smile, raised his hand and knocked on his head, turned and walked towards the bed, only to remember something when he was halfway there, and then looked back at him: "I said that you are like a child, not to underestimate your age, but to look back at him. It's to express love."
Shen Mu's eyes moved slightly.
"I love you, Shen Mushen." She said softly.
Shen Mu stared at her in a daze, losing all language in an instant.
Gu Chaochao looked at him quietly, and after a while, the corners of his lips raised playfully: "Besides, whether you are small or big, don't you know?"
Shen Mushen: "..."